Igor Sergeyev

Marshal of the Russian Federation Igor Sergeyev
Игорь Сергеев
Sergeyev in 1999
Minister of Defence
In office 22 May 1997 – 28 March 2001
President	Boris Yeltsin Vladimir Putin
Prime Minister	Viktor Chernomyrdin Sergei Kiriyenko Viktor Chernomyrdin (Acting) Yevgeny Primakov Sergei Stepashin Vladimir Putin Mikhail Kasyanov
Preceded by	Igor Rodionov
Succeeded by	Sergei Ivanov
Personal details
Born	Igor Dmitriyevich Sergeyev 20 April 1938 Verkhnyeye, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died	10 November 2006(2006-11-10) (aged 68) Moscow, Russia
Resting place	Troyekurovskoye Cemetery
Spouse	Tamara Sergeyeva
Alma mater	Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia
Awards	Hero of the Russian Federation
Military service
Allegiance	Soviet Union (to 1991)  Russia
Branch/service	Soviet Navy Strategic Rocket Forces
Years of service	1955–2001
Rank	Marshal of the Russian Federation
Commands	Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
Battles/wars	War of Dagestan Second Chechen War

Igor Dmitriyevich Sergeyev (Russian: Игорь Дмитриевич Сергеев; 20 April 1938 – 10 November 2006) was a Soviet and later Russian military officer who was Minister of Defense of Russia from 22 May 1997 to 28 March 2001. He was the first and, as of 2024, the only Marshal of the Russian Federation.^[1]